A fair few misery gutses on here as usual. No we didnāt play brilliantly, but we won by 40 points and are second on the ladder. No-one thinks we are anywhere near the finished product, but we donāt want to take a 40 pt win?? For perspective note the Port game, and it appears right now that WCE are leading Melbourne. I would have liked a better performance today, but teams canāt be up every week.
lol.
Can you imagine if Hobbs broke two tackles and said, screw itā¦I think I can burst through three more blokes and then gets done for holding the ballā¦
If youāre happy with that, thatās fine. Honestly, I am envious. Last week I was just so encouraged by what I saw after halftime. I wanted to see more of it and instead only saw about 10 minutes. It reminded me of the only Essendon teams Iāve ever watched live and they are the ones that are inconsistent and eventually disappoint when it matters because they too used to picking and choosing when they bring their best. Hence, Iām disappointed and maintaining my reservations.
We do have a conversion issue, but it was exacerbated by the North defenders holding, pushing and chopping arms of our forwards in almost every contest. Have a look at what Corr was doing to Langford on the replay. It was the worst Iāve seen other than maybe when Aliir was playing for Sydney.
I am well aware of how many votes I gave him. I thought he was the difference in the game, when he went to the middle.
All the work he did off the ball that enabled us the get the clearances and kick ahead.
Thatās my opinion. Whether you agree or not is irrelevant to me.